10. GEAMINEiE. 63. Fesluca. 121 
FI. end. ph. 
Festuca ovina, Lin. S. P. 108. 
Avena ovina, Salisb. Prod. 22. 
Meadows and hills ; perennial; June. 
Root fibrous, in tufts ; radical leaves many, upright, glau- 
cous; stem-leaves few, short; sheaths very long; culm 8 in. 
high ; panicle spikeshape ; peduncles solitary ; Iocustce very 
small. 
2. Festuca tenuifolia . Fineleaved fescue . 
Panicle facing one way, spreading, becoming contracted; 
Iocustce ovate, 4 or 5-flowered, awnless, rough ; spat hellnles 
roundish, upper edge very smooth ; leaves hairlike, flaccid, 
rough. 
Gramen pratense q. Gramen capillaceum locustellis pennatis non aris- 
tatis, Itaii Syn. 410, 9. 
Festuca tenuifolia, Sibthorp. 44. 
Festuca ovina jS, Leers Herb. 33. 
Meadows ; perennial ; June. 
3. Festuca vivipara. Childing fescue. 
Panicle contracted ; Iocustce ovate, lanceolate, pubescent ; 
flowrets compressed, keeled, awnless, pubescent ; inner 
margin of the spathellules pubescent; culm rather naked; 
leaves very slender, smooth. 
Gramen pratense q. Gramen spartemn montanum spica foliacea grain) nea 
majus et minus How. Raii Syn. 410, 11. 
Festuca ovina jS, Lin. S. P. 108. 
Festuca vivipara, Smith FI. Brit. 114. 
Alpine mountains ; perennial; July. 
Root fibrous, in tufts; leaves recurved, angular, light 
green; panicle short, scarcely branched, upright; Iocustce 
green ; glume and glumelle changing into leaves. 
4. Festuca violacea. Violet fescue. 
Panicle branched, slightly spreading; Iocustce oblong, 
smoothish, bristled ; leaves hairlike, soft; stem-leaves very 
short, doubled, capillary ; culm threadlike. 
Festuca rubra, With. Bot. Arr. 202. ? 
Festuca violacea, Gaud. Agr. Helv. 231. 
Festuca ovina jS, Smith Ft. Br. 1 13. 
Meadows and hills; perennial; June. 
Root in tufts ; culm very smooth, 4 in. high ; leaves light 
green ; stem-leaves 2 or 3 ; sheaths very long, smooth ; 
panicle oblong ; peduncles in pairs, violet ; Iocustce violet. 
